All Episodes
Germ & Worm — 116 episodes
116: Joints on a Jet: What NOT to do!
115: VENOM! A conversation with Dr. Richard Clark about things that sting and bite
114: Chronic wasting disease: Threat to beast and man alike?
113: Impaled on your trekking pole: What to do?
112: Breathing Easy in Wildfire Season
111: Grand Mystery in the Grand Canyon
110: The Gut Microbiome: "I Contain Multitudes"
109: How to Avoid Cyclospora
108: Advice from the CDC--Trustworthy or Tainted?
107: Travel Without Limits During Menopause, A Conversation with Dr. Karen Tang
106: World Cup Health—Avoid a Red Card
105: Ebola--A Big Bowl of BAD
104: Don't be daunted by Hanta!
103: Tales from Dr. Pottinger's Post-Travel ID Clinic
102: Tick-Talk 2026!
101: MAY-laria 2026
100: The Germ & Worm Century Episode!
99: How to be the best Pre-Travel patient you can be!
98: How to prepare for a high-altitude trek in Bhutan?
97: Blue light and jet lag– is there a connection?
96: Berserk Llama Syndrome: How to Make Sure it Never Happens to YOU!
95: Top of Planet Earth: Reflections on Mountaineering with Dr. Paul Pottinger
94: Southeast Asia: Should I go? Of course!
93: Poliovirus in Europe? WTF!
92: Eating healthy on the road: Can it be done?
91: 15 Years on a US Federal Disaster Response Team
90: Could you be pepper-sprayed? What to do!
89: Is the USA now a "high-risk" destination?
88: Endurance Events--Going the Distance
87: Goin' to the Sunny Carib!
86: There's a Rat in Me Toilet... What Am I Gonna Do?
85: Hotel Health: How to Avoid Hotel Hell!
84: Air Pollution in New Delhi: Say it Ain’t So
83: Which is worse: Jungles or Airport Jungle Gyms?
82: Staying Healthy on the Hill--Brought to you by Climbing the Seven Summits
81: Deep Dive with Dr. Greg Davis on SCUBA Health
80: Germ & Worm's New Years Travel Resolutions
79: Don't Tox with Strangers
78: E-bikes: Be afraid… be very afraid.
77: Mag(nesium) for Jet Lag: Ready for Prime Time?
76: Waymo: Is It Way Mo' Safe?
75: IV Hydration Spas: Innocuous Fad or "Danger Will Robinson?"
74: Risk on the Road–How Much is Too Much?
73: Tale of the Twisted Testicle
72: Bat in a Cooler: What to Do?
71: Hotel Ice Machines: Don’t Get Slimed!
70: Keeping Kiddos Healthy During Travel, with Pediatrician Sheila Mackell, MD
69: Marmot: It's NOT for Dinner!
68: Safety on Two Wheels, with Bicycle Safety Expert Tom Sanford, MD
67: Plague in America!
66: Will You Play with a Bearded Dragon?
65: The Ferrari of Viruses!
64: Wait… I should NOT finish my antibiotic course!?
63: Donner Party, anyone? Water, Med Kits, & Diamox with Howard Donner, MD
62: Hot Snot, Hot Shot: ENT travel health with Greg Davis, MD
61: Extreme Feet in Extreme Heat: Foot Care with Kyle Allred, PA-C
60: Hot & Cold with Dr. Eric Weiss
59: Flesh-Eating Disease in Florida
58: Sharks--Don't Provoke Them!
57: Haunted by Hanta
56: Appendix Out Before Sailing?
55: Armadillos: Keep Your Hands to Yourself!
54: Vaccine-Preventable Illness: NOT FAKE NEWS
53: Monkey Bites! How NOT to get bitten, and what to do if you do....
52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?
51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?
50: MAY-laria 2025!
49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin
48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD
47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge
46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!
45: Vitamin A--Too Much of a Good Thing?
44: Vaccine Record Chaos? There’s an app for that
43: Cod liver oil to prevent measles? Oh hell no!
42: TB or Not TB? That is the Question! (With Dr. Adrienne Shapiro)
41: Women's Travel Health Questions with Dr. Karen Tang
40: Lordy Lordy It's Episode Forty!
39: Oooooo Capybara!
38: Who's the WHO and what do they do for YOU?
37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!
36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires
35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!
34: DENGUE all day long
33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!
32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? What is brucellosis? Is it politically incorrect to call someone a "sherpa?"
31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended and required? What can the US embassy do for me when I’m abroad? What is pertussis, and how can I avoid it? African Sleeping Sickness--what’s the deal?
30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing? Is it dangerous to fly with high blood pressure? What should we know about the new mystery illness in Democratic Republic of Congo?
29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates
28: What to tell a speeding taxi driver, hand warmers and frostbite, medications on the go, and Measles in India
27: Cuddling with a sloth— a good idea?
26: Petting Cats in Greece, A Passage to India: Malaria or Not Malaria? I’m pregnant—should I go on safari? I’ve got a UTI overseas…what to do?
25: Anthrax, Diving Boards, Tickborne Encephalitis, Where Do Germ and Worm Like to Travel?
24: Marburg in Rwanda, Outbreaks Following Disasters, Japanese Encephalitis in India
23: Sleeping high, Diving deep, Worrying Less
22: Pour Some Honey on Me!
21: TICK TALK! All About Ticks: Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and More
20: Worm Tales Winner!
19: Traveling Around the World, Lenacapavir, Oral Typhoid Vaccine, What to Read
18: Giardia and the 'Rooster Tail' Sign!
17: Pre-Travel Checklist, DOXY-PEP, The Immunosuppressed Traveler
16: Ceviche, Deworming, Vaccines for Germany, and Leftover Medications
15: Tattoos, Tdap, and Tooting!
14: UV-Sterilizers, Home-Brewed Hooch, Swimming in Polluted Rivers
13: MAY-laria (In September!)
12: Worms in Your Eyes, Travel to USVI, Measles Prevention, Volunteering in Kenya
11: Is Tasing Your Snakebite a Good Idea? And Should You 'BYOC'?
10: Hep B, Liver Flukes, Monkey Bites, and Staying Mobile
9: Hep A, Urchins, Japan, and Spam!
8: Pain in the Butt... Pain in the Head
7: Cenotes, Ayahuasca, Botflies, & Beyond
6: Medical Tourism, Prohibited Medications, & More
5: How Many Shots Are Too Many?
4: Japanese Encephalitis, Cold Prevention, Jet Lag
3: Malaria, Machu Picchu, and More
2: Dengue, Rabies, and Tetanus... Oh My!
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